The text reads (in modern spelling): 'On Sunday August 20th 1704. Two West India Blacks were christened in the Royal Chapel of St James's. A boy and a girl by the names of John and Mary by Mr Samuel ...
What did it mean to be an enlightened “liberal” in the United States before the twentieth century? What’s race got to do with ...
From preserving food to making shingles, fourth-graders from White Oak Elementary School learned Oct. 3 what life was like ...
Learn more about Betsy Ross and other colonial women by taking a House tour and through the interactive experience, Meet the ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Across the United States, the second Monday of October is increasingly becoming known as Indigenous Peoples Day. In the push to rename Columbus Day, Christopher Columbus himself has ...
George Washington's men hung a 65-ton chain across the Hudson River in New York to protect West Point during the American ...
On Monday, Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites celebrated the removal of three steel beams from the Grist Miller’s House in ...
Well, indigo – one of the oldest vegetable dyes known – that was widely used in ancient India, Egypt and Peru was also one of ...
Imagine the opportunity to hear Thomas Jefferson speak on today’s most important societal issues. That’s exactly the aim of ...
The Town of Oyster Bay wants to promote historical tourism in Oyster Bay, similar to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.
The Richland Early American Center for History (REACH) is run by a group of local historians who host educational events at ...
Boston even has North End restaurants set up patios on the street to give it an even more Italian feel. Quattro, Mare Oyster ...